Sleep Aid

Sleep Aid is a first-person psychological horror game with roguelike elements, built around poker, strategy and survival. You have fourteen days to keep playing long enough to uncover why you are there. Whether you defeat the Dealer or fail depends on the choices you make during that time.

Play poker to survive

Poker is the only way to move forward. Matches follow familiar rules, but living cards, usable items, Totems, Drawn Cards, additional actions and other mechanics can change how you play a hand. Some cards think for themselves, while others remember. Safe and reckless decisions can lead to the same place, and there is no single correct strategy.

Manage life between matches

Between games, you decide how to spend your money in a changing economy where prices shift, opportunities appear and investments may or may not pay off. You need to eat to stay alive, feed your cat and sleep; hunger kills, and neglect has consequences. Your choices, investments, discoveries and playstyle can lead to different outcomes.

Discover the room

The room contains clues, optional mechanics and secrets that reveal more than the rules explain. Nothing points to the hidden clues twice, and there are more systems to discover than the game explains. You can collect Drawn Cards, permanent unlocks that remain between runs, and choose Totems, relics that can change your entire playstyle. Powerful items can break the odds, though sometimes they break something else.